The Irish “One Design” boat is the primary boat of use in the All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships, an annual event where Coastal Rowing Crews from all over Ireland come to compete. The boat was created to allow for competitors to row against each other in the same boat, as previously they have competed in their own traditional boats, which vary from region to region and offered different advantages. The All-Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships has evolved into one of the largest single sport, single venue, team events in the country with over 500 crews from 45- 50 clubs involving up to 3000 individual competitors taking part every year. It is by far, the largest regatta of any code in Ireland and one of the biggest in Europe.
